Submitted on Thursday 24th November 2022
Rejected on Monday 28th November 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Change the location of the petition debates from Westmister Hall to the Commons
Most people want and expect MPs to debate and vote on the proposal in the petition.. They did not expect it to take place in Westmister Hall away from where any proposed decision can be made.
Many who sign petitions feel strongly about the subject of a petition. They think that large numbers signing a petition will cause the Government to consider changing their policy and that if it is placed before what they see as Parliament, i.e the House of Commons, MPs will debate the proposal which may be then subject to a vote.
The Westmister Debates are seen as a sham because rarely are there more than two MPs present and no vote is taken. The petitioners believe they are being ignored.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you want debates on petitions to take place in the Main Chamber of the House of Commons, rather than Westminster Hall, but this does not necessarily mean that debates would end in a vote or a decision on the petition (or petitions) being debated.
Debates on petitions are general debates that take place on a motion in the form: "That this House has considered e-petition [number] relating to [subject]." The debates therefore do not result in MPs making a decision about whether they agree or disagree with the request of a petition.
When debates on petitions have taken place in the Main Chamber these have been on a similar motion, and such debates have also not involved MPs making a decision about whether they agree or disagree with the request of a petition.
We could accept a petition calling on the House of Commons to require votes on the request of all petitions that receive over 100,000 signatures, if that's what you want to happen.
We couldn't publish a petition that made any unsubstantiated claims, including assertions that most people want and expect MPs to debate and vote on the proposal of a petition.
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